Weird Pennsylvania: Your Travel Guide to Pennsylvania's Local Legends and Best Kept Secrets
Product Type: Book
Product Price: $14.95
Manufacturer: Sterling
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Praise for Weird Pennsylvania:
“Fun, amazing, and arrestingly illustrated.” —Booklist
“…a real fine read and can serve as a travel guide for a trek among the unusual, odd and scary parts of our “weird” state.” —Pennsylvania Magazine
Reviews
Rating: 5 / 5
Date: 2010-04-25
Summary: "weird pa"
book was in great condition. recieved book about 3 days after estimated delivery date. no problems.
Rating: 5 / 5
Date: 2010-03-09
Summary: "Weird Pennsylvania -- Book Review"
An interesting book for anyone who has ever lived in Pennsylvania for any length of time. One thing I did find disappointing, though, was the fact that most of the oddities, landmarks, and stories featured in this book were found in the Western half of the state, and I'm originally from Northeastern Pennsylvania, so most of the stories were lost on me! Nonetheless, an interesting book for Pennsylvanians.
Rating: 2 / 5
Date: 2010-02-28
Summary: "Lazy Author Didn't Do The Research"
The book is entertaining but the author (or editor, not sure who really to blame) didn't do any research before printing a lot of the stuff. For example Ghost Mountain does exist in Bucks County, however it is no where NEAR Sellersville. The person who provided the information was probably from Sellersville, but you can be assured there is no mountain of any size in the tiny boro that has to borrow it's police department from bordering Perkasie. In fact it's mailing address doesn't even provide coverage large enough to even try and claim that as the mistake.
There's a lot more that most any Pennsylvanian can easily prove incorrect but I think you already get the point.
Is the book insteresting? Yes
Does it provide some factual information? Yes there is some.
Should you take everything in it with a grain of salt? Definitely.
Not bad for if you are bored but pick it up at your library. Not worth the money in my opinion.
Rating: 5 / 5
Date: 2009-08-12
Summary: "kooky book"
Wierd Pennsylvania is a kooky book in a great way. I loved it. I read the entire book in 3 evenings. I got some great leads from it and can't wait to go and chase them. This book is a must if you are adventorous. You will love it and it is a great addition to any library.
Rating: 5 / 5
Date: 2009-05-06
Summary: "Weirdness"
This book is great. It is about weirdness in every way. Ghost, Rocks, Trees, A Pennsylvania Statue Of Liberty, Albinos, Shoe houses, A Klingon language, and many more weird creepy things. Only thing missing is the volume 2.